Abstracts
Abstract
This interview traces the unfolding trajectories of Boris Brummans, an organizational communication ethnographer, in conversation with Marie-Claude Plourde.
Keywords:
- Communicative constitution of organizations (CCO),
- mindful organizing,
- organizational communication,
- organization ethnography,
- process philosophy,
- qualitative inquiry
Résumé
Cette entrevue trace des chemins de Boris Brummans, ethnographe en communication organisationnelle, dans une conversation avec Marie-Claude Plourde.
Mots-clés :
- Communication constitutive des organisations,
- mindful organizing,
- communication organisationnelle,
- ethnographie organisationnelle,
- philosophie processuelle,
- recherche qualitative
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